venerdì 9 marzo 2012

GOSSIP - Ciapett: Kristen Bell ossessionata dal lato B!

Articolo tratto dall'"Huffington Post"

Kristen Bell recently proclaimed that she's been obsessed with sloths for as long as she can remember. But now comes another revelation. “[Butts are] My favorite things on the planet," Bell tells Women’s Health in the magazine's April 2012 issue. "I want two round cupcakes, always. I kicked my buns and abs sets into high gear when I knew I’d have to be in my bra and underwear on 'House of Lies.' But I don’t show my crack! All the Mr. Skins of the world are like, “ooh, Kristen gets naked!’ I’m like, ‘Dream on!’”. The 31-year-old actress professed her admiration for "House of Lies" co-star Don Cheadle’s derriere, in particular: “If you had those beautiful chocolate bun-cakes, you’d show ’em too, let’s be honest.” Bell presumably also finds her fiancé, Dax Shepard, pretty adorable. Fortunately, the pair spent some quality time together while making the forthcoming flick "Outrun." “I would watch him walk back to the monitor and yell things such as ‘Action!’ or ‘Cut!’ and I’d just go, ‘And you expect me to work when you’re doing cute things around me all day? How am I supposed to focus?'" she told Women's Health. She also sung the praises of Shepard’s culinary skills. "He makes this delicious spaghetti dish… about twice a year," she says. "I wish he cooked more. [Actually] I don’t wish he cooked more. He’s a very good cook, but I’m quite territorial in the kitchen. It’s like, if I went outside and fixed the car, he’d be like, ‘Whaaat?’”

For more on Bell, head over to WomensHealthmag.com, and pick up the April 2012 issue of Women's Health March 13.

PICCOLO GRANDE SCHERMO - Oltre "The Mentalist" c'è di più: Simon Baker nella commedia "I Give it a Year"Articolo tratto da "Variety"Simon Baker looks to have found his next project during his hiatus as "The Mentalist" star is set for the Working Title's "I Give it a Year". Rafe Spall is already attached and Dan Mazer is on board to helm from a script he wrote. The story revolves around the comedic trials and tribulations of a pair of newlyweds during their first year as a married couple. Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan are producing the project. No distributor has come on board yet. Best known for his role on CBS' "The Mentalist," the last film Baker was seen in was Lionsgate's "Margin Call".

martedì 6 marzo 2012

GOSSIP - Ricci in...aria! L'attrice di "Pan Am" si confessa a volo d'uccello dalla cover di "Marie Claire"Christina Ricci strikes a pose in Louis Vuitton on the cover of Marie Claire UK‘s April issue.Here’s what the 32-year-old "Pan Am" actress had to share:On growing up: “It took a while for me to be comfortable with who I was. To realize everyone might not get my sense of humor; everyone might not like me. You know what, I’m not going to change who I am. I’ve tried. It doesn’t work. I’ve never been very Hollywood.”On embracing her 30s: “I’m so glad I’m not 20 years old any more. I was in a hurricane. I’m a lot calmer now. I don’t cause destruction for myself and others everywhere I go. I take things as they happen and I’ve learned to be calm about things. Troubleshoot problem as they arise and make the best out of things.”On a turning point in her life: “Somebody actually found out about it and outed my while I was recovering [from an eating disorder]. It was a horrifying thing to do to a 14-year-old trying to cope with a devastating illness. And, out of rage, I vowed that no one would ever be able to out me for a secret again. So I was going to be completely honest in the rest of my life. I don’t want to be hurt in that way again.”For more on Christina, check out MarieClaire.co.uk!

An attorney for "Desperate Housewives" creator Marc Cherry tried to show inconsistencies in actress Nicollette Sheridan's claim that Cherry struck her in the head during a script dispute, an incident at the heart of her multimillion-dollar wrongful termination suit.

On cross examination in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday, Sheridan sparred with attorney Adam Levin as he queried her on why she called Cherry's strike a "slap" in one government document but testified on Thursday that she was "hit." Sheridan said that the "slap" reference actually was made by her lawyer in filling out an official state form on the incident. Sheridan, who played Edie Britt on the show, claims that Cherry had her character killed off after the 2008-09 season in retaliation for complaining about the incident. On Thursday, she testified that in September 2008, she took Cherry aside on the set and queried him on why one of her lines was excised from the script. Cherry, she said, "stepped toward me and he took his right hand and he hit me upside the head." She said that he later came back to her trailer to apologize. Cherry's lawyers contend that he gave Sheridan a light tap meant to give her direction for a scene.

Sheridan admitted that in the immediate aftermath she did not contact human resources executives, the Screen Actors Guild or police, and later that day she went to Tiffany's in Beverly Hills and to meet a friend at the Grill. But a day later she did express her concerns about the incident to George Perkins, one of the show's executive producers, and told him that Cherry "needs to know that he can't behave like that." She also asked that Cherry send her flowers.

Levin also tried to show that killing off her character was not unusual for a series where many cast members come and go.

He spent a great deal of time trying to show that Sheridan was not a star of the show on par with Eva Longoria, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross and Teri Hatcher, pointing out that their picture appeared in the opening credits and hers did not. And he cited some of their nominations in the best actress Emmy category, while she earned a supporting actress nomination at the Golden Globes.

Levin even showed jurors a seven-minute video montage, titled "Deaths on Wisteria Lane," of what may have been every character ever killed off on the show -- dozens of shootings, maimings, clubbings -- including Sheridan's character Edie Britt. But Levin was rebuffed by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Allen White as he sought to question Sheridan on how this was similar to another show in which she was cast, the primetime soap "Knots Landing."

Meeting with lawyers after jurors had been excused for the day, White said that "Knots" was a "'Dynasty'-like show" and "not a comedy, so it is not really comparable," adding that jurors would be able to decide for themselves.

Levin persisted, but White said, "I am not going to discuss the history of television in this case."

Outside the court, one of Sheridan's lawyers, Mark Baute, dismissed concerns that his client lost her composure during cross examination. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder," he said.

He also said that the characterization of a "slap" and a "hit" was not important to the case. "She said probably 8 to 10 times that she was hit, and hit hard," he said.